Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
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assiy 0esn spRelatod toHn erier AID III
poster.
PetglGed wood = fouEs n great sbaa-
aaEes iD Burso1. C2laserzs elsGlnly, Cal,
aud sieiu3ts
Hotels. hoaFdinx houses ard fsrms al
Included. 5tOsD people eah le accoMns0-
dated tbs season -, aroaad aud atzoGt ths
tatskllls-
Harvard university paid 81. 900 f0r the
sixty acre. ecHtasging the famous SERPENT
noand y Ohio. Apd VII make natioI@l
park u i.
A farsaer of Rikrsoath. us. angry st
his COW. enceaxOrea 10 kiek her cu tie
nose she lowered Der head, aud be iEa-
psled his Lex upon her sharp horns.
Ia rings all kinds of stones are now set
low aud ia clusters, the effect being
reached more through the beauty Of tie
stones than their prominence.
An English novelist has found neat
motive for Ms forthcoming story He en-
dOws his hero with the faculty of fofeseo-
ing the future bat makes him unable ~
disclose 10 any one what lac kn0ws.
Somerset county, Me-, has minister
who has his sermons printed monthly and
sends them 10 those Of his psFishioners
Who do not attend church lie insists
upon hooking after their souls welfare
even il they are Too lazy 10 do so them
selves.
The pack Of canned fruits in California
this year H. expected 10 be the heaviest on
record Many new orchards have come
into fun bearing for the first time this
season. and the result is an enormous crop
Of apricots, peaches. cherries and pears.
The total pack foT this year II estimated
by good authorities AZ from % 10 so per
cent. more than last season.
There is a mouse in n shop window az
Chester, Ills, thar has grown quite tame
and catches flies. The mouse has grown
quite used to having an audience, and
does not run away unless .ie spectator
makes a sudden move while he is at work.
He il an experienced fly catcher and never
misses. Upon making grab for his prey
he sits back on his launches and calmly
devours the choice morsel.
Dainty wreaths of flowers, the work of
hands that lost their cunning 1900 years
ago, have lately been found in a subferra-
mean gallery near Thebes, where, with the
royal mummies they adorned. they had
remained undisturbed during half the
whole period of historic time. They par
italy retained their fragrance, and even
their color had not entirely disappeared.
They must have been a costly luxury in
the country described 10y the prophet
Zachariah rs region where there is 10
rain.
The more or less dubious story comes 10
us of the discovery Of Ovid's tomb at
AnadOlkivi, near Kustendani names
scarcely significant TO most readers. The
place however, Is on the Euxine, few
miles south of the Danube. near the island
of Toni TO which Ovid was banished, A. ID.
:, probably on account of an intrigue with
Julia, daughter Of the Emperor Augustus.
The stone marking the tomb is said 10
represent Ovid's arrival at the island All
Of which is important to classical scholars
ii true, but il is 10 be hoped that the stone
may not turn ont 20 be like the one dis.
covered by that distinguished antiquarian,
Mr.. Pickwick. t
Work is going forward rapidly on the
Gamhetsa monument in the Place du Car
rousel, Paris. The architectural part of
the monument is quite finished, and the
statue OF the dictator is almost complete.
Gambetta is represented as restoring to
life bis country with his genius the figure
is work Of remarkable power. The other
half of the monument, which is of IN en-
blematic character, is more open to objec-
ton. II represents a gigantic symbol Of
the Gallo cock growing, with crowns of
laurel and oak at its feet Behind the
bird are arms piled. and q hand holding
shield, which bears the inscription Com
pnlsory military service" and " Educa-
tion for ALL 1t is expected that the
monument viii be completed by the end
of September.